Saint-Étienne 4-2 Lorient: result and report
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 22 February 2012
Result
Saint-Étienne 4-2 Lorient
Ligue 1 · Wednesday 22 February 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Saint-Étienne 4-2 Lorient: match report
Saint-Étienne beat Lorient 4-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 22 February 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Arnold Mvuemba opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Saint-Étienne's goals came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (56'), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (68'), Bakary Sako (88') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (90'). Lorient scored through Arnold Mvuemba (49', penalty) and Mathias Autret (75').
Discipline: Saint-Étienne received 4 yellow cards; Lorient received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Saint-Étienne were 6th on 39 points from 23 and Lorient 11th on 27 points from 23. Saint-Étienne went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Lorient 17th with 39.
Saint-Étienne lined up in a 4-4-2 and Lorient in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Saint-Étienne win, 3 draws and 6 for Lorient.
Going into the match Saint-Étienne's last five read W-W-L-W-L and Lorient's L-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Alaixys Romao
- 31'Yellow card · Jonathan Brison
- 49'Penalty goal · Arnold Mvuemba
- 49'Yellow card · S. Marchal
- 50'Yellow card · Laurent Batlles
- 56'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 68'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 75'Goal · Mathias Autret
- 86'Yellow card · Jean-Pascal Mignot
- 88'Goal · Bakary Sako
- 90'Goal · Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
- 90+1'Yellow card · Lucas Mareque
Head-to-head
Team news
Saint-Étienne expected line-up (4-4-2)
Stéphane Ruffier, Albin Ebondo, Sylvain Marchal, Faouzi Ghoulam, Jean-Pascal Mignot, Fabien Lemoine, Bănel Nicoliţă, Max Gradel, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Florent Sinama-Pongolle, Jérémy Clément
Lorient line-up (4-4-2)
Benjamin Lecomte, Lamine Koné, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Lucas Mareque, Lamine Gassama, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Arnold Mvuemba, Maxime Barthelmé, Innocent Emeghara, Ladislas Dounima, Kévin Monnet-Paquet